Definition of the word successful

удачный, успешный, преуспевающий, удачливый

прилагательное ↓

- успешный, удачный, имеющий успех

successful play — пьеса, пользующаяся успехом 
to be successful in doing smth. — суметь что-л. сделать 
I tried to persuade him but was not successful — я пытался убедить его, но безуспешно 
that trick is always successful — этот трюк всегда хорошо удаётся 

- преуспевающий, удачливый

he had all the appearance of a successful man — у него был вид преуспевающего человека 
he is successful in everything — ему везёт во всём 
he is notoriously successful with women — за ним ходит слава, что он пользуется успехом у женщин 

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Словосочетания

their successful repulsion of the attack — удачное отражение ими этой атаки  
a long but ultimately successful campaign — длительная, но, в конечном счёте, успешная кампания  
the bored gaze of the successful film star — скучающий взгляд успешной кинозвезды  
The successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images. — Этот успешный копирайтер — мастер удачных и запоминающихся словесных образов.  
successful career — удачная карьера  
successful passers — успешно сдавшие экзамен  
successful plaintiff — истец, выигравший дело  
successful experiment — удачный опыт  
successful beginning — удачное начало  
successful outcomes — благоприятные итоги  
successful tests — успешные испытания  
successful negotiations — успешные переговоры  
successful politician — успешный политический деятель  

Примеры с переводом

He is successful in everything. 

Ему везёт во всём.

He was a successful pianist in his day. 

В своё время он был успешным пианистом.

He made a name as a successful actor. 

Он сделал себе имя, прославившись как актёр.

I was still striving to be successful. 

Я по-прежнему стремился быть успешным.

The company was successful tenderer for the project. 

Компания выиграла тендер за выполнение этого проекта.

We have been successful because we are offering a quality service. 

Мы добились успеха, потому что предлагаем качественное обслуживание.

Impressionism became the most successful «ism» in the history of art. 

Импрессионизм стал самым успешным «измом» в истории искусства.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss…  

I’ve had other films that were successful, but I’m aware of the compromises I made—and they were tremendous.  

The scheme will now be extended after a successful pilot project (=a small trial to test if an idea will be successful).  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

success  — успех, удача, человек, пользующийся успехом
unsuccessful  — неудачный, безуспешный, неудачливый
successfully  — успешно

Источник

1

: resulting or terminating in success

2

: gaining or having gained success

Synonyms

Example Sentences



the play had a successful run on Broadway



sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii

Recent Examples on the Web

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Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

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in 1594

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Источник

If you win or do well, at whatever it is you do, you are successful. Successful people usually get more money, attention, and praise.

If you go into business and make a lot of money, you’re successful. If you play tennis and finish the season with more wins than losses, you’ve been successful. If you have a successful pregnancy, you give birth to a healthy baby. Successful is one of those words that covers a great deal of ground; it generally applies to anything, anyone or any venture that ends well. When you see the word successful, think «Winning!»

Definitions of successful

  1. adjective

    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

    “a
    successful architect”

    “a
    successful business venture”

    Synonyms:

    undefeated

    victorious

    fortunate

    having unexpected good fortune

    productive

    producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

    boffo

    resoundingly successful and popular

    booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving

    very lively and profitable

    in

    holding office

    made

    successful or assured of success

    no-hit

    of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits

    productive

    yielding positive results

    self-made

    having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts

    sure-fire

    certain to be successful

    triple-crown

    unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

    triple-crown

    of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races

    victorious, winning

    having won

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    Antonyms:

    unsuccessful

    not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

    defeated

    beaten or overcome; not victorious

    unfortunate

    not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune

    unprofitable

    producing little or no profit or gain

    attempted

    tried unsuccessfully

    defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

    disappointingly unsuccessful

    done for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up

    doomed to extinction

    down-and-out

    lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

    empty-handed, unrewarded

    having acquired or gained nothing

    hitless

    (of a batter) without a hit

    no-win

    certain to end in failure and disappointment

    out

    out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

    goalless, hitless, scoreless

    having no points scores

    self-defeating

    acting to defeat its own purpose

    unfulfilled, unrealised, unrealized

    of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities

    unplaced

    not one of the first three in a race or competition

    winless

    having no wins

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Источник

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

success +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: sək-sĕsʹfəl, IPA(key): /səkˈsɛs.fl̩/

Adjective[edit]

successful (comparative more successful, superlative most successful)

  1. Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect

    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎[1]:

      If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

      The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […] «share the things you love with the world» and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people’s control of their own attention.

    a successful use of medicine;  a successful experiment;  a successful enterprise

    Synonyms: prosperous, fortunate, happy

Synonyms[edit]

  • efficacious, effective, fruitful, rewarding, accomplished, profitable
  • See also Thesaurus:prosperous
  • (of requests): tithe (obs.)

Antonyms[edit]

  • unsuccessful
  • failed

Derived terms[edit]

  • behind every successful man there stands a woman
  • successfully
  • successfulness

[edit]

  • success

Translations[edit]

resulting in success

  • Arabic: نَاجِح‎ (nājiḥ), فَائِز‎ (fāʔiz), مُوَفَّق‎ (muwaffaq)
  • Azerbaijani: uğurlu (az), müvəffəqiyyətli
  • Basque: arrakastatsu
  • Belarusian: паспяхо́вы (paspjaxóvy)
  • Bengali: সফল (bn) (śphol), কামিয়াব (bn) (kamiẏoab)
  • Bulgarian: успе́шен (bg) (uspéšen)
  • Catalan: reeixit (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 有成效的 (zh) (yǒu chéngxiào de), 完滿／完满 (zh) (wánmǎn), 成功的 (zh) (chénggōng de)
    Cantonese: 成功嘅 (sing4 gong1 ge3)
  • Czech: úspěšný (cs)
  • Danish: succesfuld, succesrig
  • Dutch: succesvol (nl), geslaagd (nl), gelukt (nl)
  • Esperanto: sukcesa
  • Estonian: edukas, õnnestunud
  • Finnish: onnistunut (fi), menestynyt, menestyvä
  • French: ayant du succès, marqué de succès, couronné de succès (fr)
  • Georgian: წარმატებული (c̣armaṭebuli)
  • German: erfolgreich (de)
  • Greek: επιτυχημένος (el) (epitychiménos), επιτυχών (el) (epitychón)
    Ancient: οὔριος (oúrios)
  • Hebrew: מוצלח‎ (he) (mutzlákh)
  • Hindi: सफल (hi) (saphal)
  • Hungarian: sikeres (hu), eredményes (hu)
  • Indonesian: berhasil (id)
  • Irish: áitheasach
  • Italian: di successo, coronato dal successo, riuscito (it)
  • Japanese: 成功した (ja) (せいこうした, seikō shita)
  • Korean: 성공적(成功的) (ko) (seonggongjeok), 성공(成功)한 (ko) (seonggonghan)
  • Latin: prosper, prosperus
  • Lü: ᦷᦎᧅᦑᦲᧈ (ṫoktii¹), ᦷᦎᧅᦑᦲᧈᦔᦲᧃᦡᦲ (ṫoktii¹ṗiinḋii)
  • Macedonian: у́спешен (úspešen)
  • Malay: berjaya (ms)
  • Maori: momoho, angitu
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: vellykket
    Nynorsk: vellukka
  • Old English: spēdiġ
  • Persian: موفق‎ (fa) (movaffaq), کامگار‎ (fa) (kâmgâr)
  • Polish: udany (pl)
  • Portuguese: bem-sucedido (pt), conseguido (pt), próspero (pt) m
  • Romanian: reușit (ro), izbutit (ro), plin de succes
  • Russian: успе́шный (ru) (uspéšnyj), благополу́чный (ru) (blagopolúčnyj), уда́чный (ru) (udáčnyj)
  • Sanskrit: सफल (sa) (saphala)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: успешан, успјешан
    Roman: uspešan (sh), uspješan (sh)
  • Slovak: úspešný m
  • Slovene: uspešen
  • Spanish: exitoso, logrado (es), afortunado (es)
  • Swedish: lyckad (sv), framgångsrik (sv)
  • Turkish: muvaffaklar pl, muvaffak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: успі́шний (uspíšnyj), вда́тний (vdátnyj)
  • Urdu: سپھل‎ (saphal)
  • Vietnamese: thành công (vi)
  • Yiddish: הצלחהדיק‎ (hatslokhedik)
Источник

  • 1
    successful

    1) успе́шный; уда́чный;

    2) уда́чливый, преуспева́ющий

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > successful

  • 2
    successful

    Персональный Сократ > successful

  • 3
    successful

    [sək’sesf(ə)l], [-ful]

    прил.

    1) благополучный, счастливый, удачный, успешный

    2) преуспевающий, удачливый

    to be successful in smth. — преуспеть в чём-л.

    He is successful in everything. — Ему везёт во всём.

    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > successful

  • 4
    successful

    [sək’sesf(ə)l]

    adj

    успешный, удачный

    I tried to persuade him but I was not successful. — Я пытался уговорить его, но безуспешно.

    This trick is always successful. — Этот трюк всегда удается.

    He is successful in everything. — Ему во всем везет.

    He had an appearance of a successful man. — У него был вид преуспевающего человека

    — successful actor


    — successful experiment
    — successful attempts
    — successful beginning
    — successful plan
    — be successful in smth

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > successful

  • 5
    successful

    [səkˈsesful]

    successful успешный, удачный; to be successful иметь успех be successful in action выигрывать судебный процесс successful имеющий успех successful удачливый, преуспевающий successful удачный successful успешный, удачный; to be successful иметь успех successful успешный

    English-Russian short dictionary > successful

  • 6
    successful

    1. a успешный, удачный, имеющий успех

    2. a преуспевающий, удачливый

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. effective (adj.) effective; fruitful; productive

    2. eminent (adj.) eminent; famous; important; notable

    3. prosperous (adj.) auspicious; enjoying abundance; favorable; flourishing; fortuitous; fortunate; living in luxury; prosperous; thriving

    4. triumphant (adj.) conquering; crowned with success; exultant; prevailing; triumphant; unbeaten; vanquishing; victorious; winning

    Антонимический ряд:

    failing; futile; obscure; unsuccessful

    English-Russian base dictionary > successful

  • 7
    successful

    [səkʹsesf(ə)l]

    1. успешный, удачный, имеющий успех

    successful play — пьеса, пользующаяся успехом

    to be successful in doing smth. — суметь что-л. сделать

    I tried to persuade him but was not successful — я пытался убедить его, но безуспешно

    2. преуспевающий, удачливый

    he had all the appearance of a successful man — у него был вид преуспевающего человека

    he is notoriously successful with women — за ним ходит слава, что он пользуется успехом у женщин

    НБАРС > successful

  • 8
    successful

    səkˈsesful прил.
    1) благополучный, счастливый, удачный, успешный
    2) преуспевающий, удачливый highly successful ≈ очень удачливый, преуспевающий successful in business ≈ имеющий успех в бизнесе Syn: wealthy
    успешный, удачный, имеющий успех — * play пьеса, пользующаяся успехом — to be * in doing smth. суметь что-л. сделать — I tried to persuade him but was not * я пытался убедить его, но безуспешно — that trick is always * этот трюк всегда хорошо удается преуспевающий, удачливый — he had all the appearance of a * man у него был вид преуспевающего человека — he is * in everything ему везет во всем — he is notoriously * with women за ним ходит слава, что он пользуется успехом у женщин
    ~ успешный, удачный;
    to be successful иметь успех
    be ~ in action выигрывать судебный процесс
    successful имеющий успех ~ удачливый, преуспевающий ~ удачный ~ успешный, удачный;
    to be successful иметь успех ~ успешный

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > successful

  • 9
    successful

    (

    КВП

    — не только успешный!)

    1) исправный; нормальный ( о работе)

    3) положительный

    successful service experience under comparable conditions положительный опыт эксплуатации при сходных условиях

    4) адекватный

    5) перспективный

    A has proven himself successful А зарекомендовал себя…

    7) реализованный

    proved successful реализованный на практике

    8) результативный;

    successful

    при положительных результатах

    English-Russian dictionary of scientific and technical difficulties vocabulary > successful

  • 10
    successful

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > successful

  • 11
    successful

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > successful

  • 12
    successful

    •• success, successful

    •• В последнее время явно под влиянием английского у нас стали иногда говорить (и писать) успешный банкир и т.п. («перевод» английского successful banker). Непонятно, зачем эта «новация». Можно же сказать (и тем более написать!) преуспевающий или преуспевший, или добившийся больших успехов. Надо иметь в виду, что английское слово success, как правило, означает успех более длительный, устойчивый, чем русское успех – чаще однократная удача, успешное выступление и т.д. Английское success – скорее преуспеяние, «хорошая жизнь».

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > successful

  • 13
    successful

    adjective

    1) успешный, удачный; to be successful иметь успех

    2) удачливый, преуспевающий

    Syn:

    wealthy

    * * *

    (a) удачный; успешный

    * * *

    благополучный, счастливый, удачный, успешный

    * * *

    [suc’cess·ful || sək’sesfʊl]
    успешный, преуспевающий, удачный, удачливый

    * * *

    лихой

    ловкий

    прекрасный

    преуспевающий

    удалой

    удачливый

    удачный

    успешен

    успешный

    хороший

    * * *

    1) благополучный
    2) преуспевающий

    Новый англо-русский словарь > successful

  • 14
    successful

    1. успешный

    Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > successful

  • 15
    successful

    səkˈsesfulуспешный, удачный, преуспевающий

    Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > successful

  • 16
    successful

    Англо-русский технический словарь > successful

  • 17
    successful

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > successful

  • 18
    successful

    [s(ə)k`sesfʊl]

    благополучный, счастливый, удачный, успешный

    преуспевающий, удачливый

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > successful

  • 19
    successful

    a

    удачный, успешный, преуспевающий

    Politics english-russian dictionary > successful

  • 20
    successful

    Англо-русский словарь по психоаналитике > successful

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  • Successful — Suc*cess ful, a. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • successful — I adjective affluent, auspicious, blooming, blossoming, booming, champion, comfortable, effective, efficacious, felicitous, felix, flourishing, fortunate, fortunatus, fruitful, gainful, prevailing, profitable, prospering, prosperous, rich,… …   Law dictionary

  • successful — 1580s, from SUCCESS (Cf. success) + FUL (Cf. ful). Originally any kind of success; since late 19c. it has tended to mean wealthy unless otherwise indicated. Related: Successfully …   Etymology dictionary

  • successful — [adj] favorable, profitable acknowledged, advantageous, ahead of the game*, at the top*, at top of ladder*, auspicious, bestselling, blooming, blossoming, booming, champion, crowned, efficacious, extraordinary, flourishing, fortuitous, fortunate …   New thesaurus

  • successful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) accomplishing an aim or purpose. 2) having achieved fame, wealth, or social status. DERIVATIVES successfully adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • successful — suc|cess|ful W1S2 [səkˈsesfəl] adj 1.) having the effect or result you intended ▪ The operation was successful. ▪ a highly successful (=very successful) meeting successful in (doing) sth ▪ Were you successful in persuading him to change his mind? …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • successful — [[t]səkse̱sfʊl[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ in ing Something that is successful achieves what it was intended to achieve. Someone who is successful achieves what they intended to achieve. How successful will this new treatment be?… I am… …   English dictionary

  • successful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ appear, seem ▪ become ▪ feel ▪ Winning is the only way they can feel s …   Collocations dictionary

  • successful — suc|cess|ful [ sək sesfəl ] adjective *** achieving the result that you want: The successful candidates will be given extensive training. very/highly/extremely successful: a highly successful peacekeeping operation successful in (doing) something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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